Worst job of my life. - Customer Advocate Atlassian Employee Review

2.0
Nov 12, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company itself has some strong points, hence the 2 stars and not a 1 star rating. They have the kind of fun atmosphere you would expect from SF tech companies, beer in the kitchen and ping pong competitions at lunch, free lunches and paid volunteer opportunities.

Cons

But on the flip side, they lack a level of professionalism that one might hope for at any job. I don't mean the stuffy suit and tie feeling of large corporations or financial institutions, rather a sense of leadership and respect that helps careers to grow and smart talented people to stick around. I left because the particular team I was on had fired their manager and spent months in meetings that devolved into screaming and swearing on a regular basis to try and tackle the issue of how to handle the workload. There was no consensus on the correct approach and no strong leaders to step in and implement any judgement or experiential foresight. But in the time since I have left, I've known many others to also take the leap to new and exciting opportunities and each time, I have heard them talk of the bitterness of their departure in the same ways in which I felt when I left. Atlassian is just not the top company it portrays itself to be. Two thumbs down.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Apr 30, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing people, I loved the core values, competitive salary, great benefits

Cons

I want to start by saying I am not bitter or angry. Working for Atlassian was a whirlwind. I was there for 11 months before being laid off via email. In my time there, I went through 2 re-orgs and 3 managers. It just always felt like being on a hamster wheel… in a hurricane. Today I received an email 7 weeks after I was laid off that started with, “ Congrats on your first year at Atlassian—we know that's a huge accomplishment and are beyond thrilled to be celebrating with you!” It was a bummer to receive that, to say the least, but it included a link to leave this Glassdoor review to “ help provide invaluable insight to future candidates and help us to improve your experience as an employee continually.” so here I am. My advice is to do proper change management of your automated emails when you layoff 5% of your workforce so that emails like this aren’t sent to hard working former employees that you eliminated congratulating them on a milestone they never reached. I know this wasn’t intentional, but it hurt.

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